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One female from Georgia and another Missouri. Of the same size, form and sculp- 

 ture as the preceding, but differing not only by the color of the pubscence, but by its 

 texture ; the hair is short erect and brownish yellow; it is uniform on the thorax, but ' 

 on the elytra many longer hairs are intermixed, which on looking obliquely back- 

 wards, are seen to be arranged chiefly in three vittee, although there are some scattered 

 ones especially externally : the margin is fringed as in the preceding with long hair. 

 The sides of the abdomen under the elytra are slightly pruinose; the punctures 

 of the pygidium are larger and more distant than in L. ilicis. The legs are ferru- 

 ginous. 



37. L. subtonsa, fusca, supra pube brevi suberecta fulva sequaliter vestita, thorace confluenter dense 



punctata subcarinato, elytris dense rugulosis vix obsolete costatis ; pectore longius villoso. Long. -82. 



One male found at New York, and kindly given me by Mr. Guex. This species 

 has the form and sculpture of the preceding, but the pubescence is entirely uniform, 

 and the margin of the elytra is not fringed with long hair. The pygidium is moder- 

 ately coarsely punctured, with the punctures more distant at the middle. The legs 

 are dark brown : the hair on the breast is moderately long, and the sexual charac- 

 ters are precisely as in L. ilicis. 



38. L. birticula, fusco-ferruginea, pilis erectis longis flavis, in elytris vittatim positis parce vestita, 

 thorace cribratim punctato, elytris rugose punctatis haud costatis, pectore longe villoso. Long. -65 — "75. 



Melolontha hirticula Knoch, Neue Beytr. 79. 

 Melolontha hirsuta\ Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 3, 243. 

 Phyllophaga hirticula Harris, Ins. Inj. Veget. 2d ed. 28. 

 Melolontha hirticula Burm. Lamell. 2, 2d, 327. 



Very abundant in the Atlantic States. The hairs on the elytra form a vitta near 

 the suture, three discoidal ones, and a marginal fringe. The pygidium is glabrous and 

 sparsely punctured. The club of the antennae of the male is as long as the stem, the 

 middle of the abdomen is flattened, and the inner posterior spur is fixed. 



Group X. 



This group contains species having the characters of those of the two last, except 

 that the antennae have only nine joints (the seventh being obliterated ;) the third, 

 fourth and fifth are equal in length, and connate ; the sixth is slightly produced inter- 

 nally. The tooth of the ungues varies according to the species. 



One species is sparsely pilose, others have a few hairs on the front, while the 

 rest are glabrous : the thorax is never narrowed at the base. 



39. L. hirsuta, piceo-ferruginea, oblonga nitida, capite confertim punctato, clypeo marginato, emarginato, 

 thorace fortius minus dense, elytris rugose punctatis, pilis longis flavis erectis minus dense vestita, 

 pygidio fortius punctato, piloso ; pectore longe villoso, unguiculis dente longo armatis. Long. '67 — - 72. 



Melolontha hirsuta Knoch, Neue Beytr. 78. 



Ancylonycha hirsuta Blanch. Cat. Col. Mus. Paris (syn. excl.) 138. 



